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This is just something I wondered based on some events in my life (psychiatric problems) that I think now were exacerbated by wild blood sugar swings.
The confounders I suspect are: sucrose addiction disorder, and nutritional deficiencies.
This is just something I wondered based on some events in my life (psychiatric problems) that I think now were exacerbated by wild blood sugar swings.
The confounders I suspect are: sucrose addiction disorder, and nutritional deficiencies.
Hello Ellenor
I don't think that I have any "Mental Health" problems but when I get a "cold" or any other illness my blood sugars "jump up" and my wife says that I am much easier to live with when my Blood Sugars are under control.
So, when I get a "cold" and my BS start rising I now increase my Insulin by about 4 - 6 units in the morning and 4 units at night and my BS come back within the "normal" range.
Taking control of your Insulin injections is, I feel, very important to stable health - mental and physical.
Ok well I'm not someone who has to use exogenous insulin... It should say somewhere on my profile that I'm metabolically "normal" but I dunno
Have you found you have to ignore some of the ketone guidelines from healthcare professionals?Since going on a ketogenic diet i have been able to lower my antidepressant nedication successfully, something i could not do in the past.
Hello again Ellenor,
Sorry, I was just giving you my experiences. Before injecting Insulin about 7 years ago my blood sugars were "all over the place" and I was getting frequent Hypos - I could not find a way to "control" my blood sugars.
Going on Insulin injections was a great help and then starting the LCHF diet broght tighter control - also learning that I could vary the amount of Insulin I used to fit in with my health and also expected energy needed for that day enabled me to stay in the range of 4.6 to 5.9 on most morning "fasting blood sugars".
However, daily doses of Radio Therapy for Prostate Cancer sent my BS haywire again but increasing my Insulin brought me back under control. I have learned by all this that the lack of blood sugar control DOES affect my mental stability.
My advice therefore is to try and work out a "stable" routine to keep your fasting BS between 4 and 7 at first and then try and tighten them up to between 4.5 and 6 - if at all possible. Do not worry unduly about the odd spike and try to avoid the "near Hypo" range of below 4.
All the best.
I was reading through your sig, and I saw that you were diagnosed as having The Problem at an A1c of 70 (what's that in the old units?) but your high score was 87.You guys may find this illuminating
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/mental-health
and this
http://meatheals.com/category/mood-mental-health/
look out for Georgia Ede too
I find i never get above 1.5 mmol/l of ketones but then i do not deliberately fast. If my BSLs were to get above 13 mmol/l and ketones above 4 mmol/l I would be acting quickly to get the BSls down or getting to hospital. There is also a very rare condition called euglycaemia ketoacidosis where 2 people have been reported (and others said anecdotally) to have had acidosis at BSL less than 13 mmol/l. Illness + dehydration + insufficient insulin seemed to be the triggers so I always try to keep well hydrated and insulin at appropriate levels. I also keep up salt and take some magnesium supps as with lower insulin levels salt and magnesium seem to be lost more easily (see dietdoctor.com).Have you found you have to ignore some of the ketone guidelines from healthcare professionals?
It could be vice versa as well. I think my anxiety triggered my diabetic Genes or some real dysfunction in working od metabolic cells.
I was under very severe stress of some hypothetical situations for 4 years straight.
Bit of a sweeping generalisation there... this is 2019, you know They let us have jobs and everything now!Ladies tend to get the balance better than men - with household chores they always seem to be active. Men on the other hand tend to spend their day either working or watching TV.
Wow Kyambala, I don't know where you live but that is far from the truth where I live.Ladies tend to get the balance better than men - with household chores they always seem to be active. Men on the other hand tend to spend their day either working or watching TV.
Bit of a sweeping generalisation there... this is 2019, you know They let us have jobs and everything now!